St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

gun the work or undermining the state oil
inspector; Wood, of Faribault, has intro
duced Gordon E. Coles reformatory bill;
Duraut. of Washington, and Day, of Fair
mont, have made number of legal and
school holidays; and Whiteman. of Duluth,
and Scheffer. of st. Paul. are amending
the mortgage, banking and taX-title laws.
Among local measures the bridge bonds
bills of the st. Paul and Minneapolis dele
cations have become laws, with the seal of
the governors approval, and Buckman, of
Sank Rapids, is paving the way for re-im-
bursement for expenditures In rebuilding
institutions destroyed by the cyclone.
Comstock, of MOOrhead, is the great COM
mitlee worker of the senate, and most of
his work is in the chair of the judiciary
committee.
Taken, all in all. it is good working
senate, and those senators who are not in
cluded in the list of authors of important
bills subjoined, are usually to be found
hard at work in committees, where the real
work is done, though without public honor
Following &iS the list of most important
bills, and their reference and disposition.
Goodrich-High license. Special temper
ance committee
GoOdrich-Age of consent Judiciary. Pass
age recommended.
Notwithstanding railroads. Railroad
committee.
Goodrich - Taxation of certain railroad
stock. Judiciary
Goodrich = Regulating proceedings - in
crease of railroad stock. Judiciary.
Goodrich-TaXation of railroad companies.
Judiciary.
Goodrich-Prevepting issue of fraudulent
railroad stock. Judiciary.
Pope-Preference in pubic employment to
eX- soldiers. Passed.
Decentralization Of cartaiD ailroad Iau6c
Judiciary.
Smith-Bonds for St. Paul upper bridge.
Passed.
Goodrick-Tax sales amendment. Judi
cary.
Goodrich-Grain and warehouse inspection.
Grain and warehouse committee.
Ives Railroad liabilities to employees.
Passed.
Swenson-Employment of children. Special
labor committee, TO be recommended to pass.
Bowen-Right of possession in state cleo
t1on contests. Judiciary.
Pope-Adoption of children. judiciary.
Thacker-Temperance instruction. Educa-
ton. Substitute recommended.
Clough-Log sealing fees. Passed.
Hall-TaXation of express companies. In-
definitely postponed.
Scheffer-Tax judgments and sales Jul
dietary.
Pope-Interstate commerce. Passed.
Danels-High license. Temperance.
Swenson-State labor bureau. Labor. Pas
sage to be recommended.
Halvorsen-Valued insurance policies. In
surance.
Daniels-Oil inspectors salary. Re-referred
to judiciary with amendments.
Hoard-State farmers institute. Recon-
mended to pass.
Swenson-Locomotive engineers. Labor.
Labor committee, passage to be recommended.
Ward-To abolish oil inspectors Office. Jn-
dietary. Recommended to be indefinitely
postponed, sent to committee of the whole.
Goodrich-Legal rights of married women.
Recommended to pass.
Goodrich-Postal lights of insane persons.
Passed.
HoarG-Sale of state experimental farm.
University.
Pope-For soldiers home Special COM
mittee on soldiers home.
Comstock-State normal school at Moor
head. Normal schools.
Clough-For university museum building
University.
Wood-State reformatory. State prisons.
Durant-Unlawful wearing of G. A r.
badges. Passed.
HiXson-Fourteenth judicial district. Ju-
dietary.
alton.
Brown-Temperance instruction. Inde6-
nitely postponed.
Whiteman-Loans on grain in transit
Banking.
Johnson, M.-Saie of state lands for SOL
ders home. Soldiers home.
Keller--Private banks under corporate
names. Recommended to pass.
Pope-Burial of soldiers. Soldiers home.
Compton-State superintendent salary.
Substitute 10 make it $4,000.
Durant-Legal holidays. Recommended to
pass.
Hoard-Township school district system.
Judiciary.
Goodrich-Woman's suffrage constitutional
amendment. Special committee
Day-Age of children entering schools.
EducatiOn